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September 27, 2001
It’s been six weeks since they
first gave me Adriamycin. Since then, I had Elspar, Vincristine, Cytoxan and Adriamycin again. They also gave Alan some
pills called Leukeran to give me at home. I guess they keep giving me different medicines, thinking the combination of drugs
will stop the lymphoma. I’m not so sure about it.
Cheyenne tries to play with me everyday, but I just don’t feel
like it. I’m afraid she’s going to take over the household if I don’t keep her in line, but there’s not much I can do.
Dr. Fineman said I’m making progress. But Alan and Lee think I may be depressed. I don’t know what that means, but I sure
don’t have much energy.
This morning Alan and Lee said we were going on a trip. Alan brought his camera, but we
didn’t pack my bed, so it couldn’t be too far. Cheyenne came with us, too. Everyone was pretty quiet. That always makes
me nervous.
We drove for about a half hour when I smelled something familiar – the beach! We’re going to the beach!
We pulled up along the road near San Simeon and Alan opened the back door of the Jeep. Cheyenne jumped out and ran like a
rabbit down the long, steep trail to the ocean. I watched her for a few seconds and thought “hey, she’s not going to get
down there first!”
I took a big jump and hit the trail hard, almost bumping my chin. Then, my legs seemed to get
going and I ran after her as fast as I could. I caught up with her as we reached the sand and bumped her hard. She went
rolling over and over and I ran right by her toward the water. “That’s more like it,” I thought. Then, she jumped up, ran
after me and bit my ear -- the chase was on!
We ran and ran for about an hour. Cheyenne would grab my tennis ball
and run into the water. I’d go after her, splashing in the shallow waves, but just as I caught up she’d drop the ball and
run the other way. Sometimes, the waves took the ball far out from the shore, so I had to swim for it. The cold water sure
felt good.
Alan and Lee watched us and seemed to enjoy it, too. They hugged me when I stopped to rest and said
they hadn’t seen me run like that for a long time.
This was the first time in a while I didn’t even think about lymphoma.
That was nice.
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